The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System announced that both employees and others working in its hospitals and clinics must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 12.
The surge in COVID-19 cases in Alabama is causing a shortage of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds statewide. It is also leading to many local events being cancelled.
The City of Montgomery has announced that due to the spike in COVID-19 cases, all events and festivities at city facilities for the HBCU Classic Weekend will be canceled. This will not affect the football games.
Some preachers are praying for more inoculations and hosting vaccination clinics. Others are skirting the topic of vaccines or openly preaching against them in a region that’s both deeply religious and reeling from a spike in cases.
The city of Prattville has announced that it is canceling the Prattville Pops’ Welcome Back concert scheduled for Sunday, August 22. City leaders say the reason is out of an abundance of caution and the desire to keep the band and the audience as safe as possible during the recent surge in COVID-19 numbers. The city says it hopes to…
The Alabama Department of Public Health has announced the winners of its TikTok COVID-19 vaccination video contest. The contest was held as a way to encourage young people to protect themselves from the virus.
Gov. Kay Ivey has issued what her office calls a limited, narrowly-focused state of emergency based on the surge in COVID-19 cases the state is experiencing.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A “tidal wave” of COVID-19 cases is putting severe stress on Alabama hospitals, medical officials said Thursday, adding the state will likely soon surpass the previous record for hospitalizations. “We need Alabamians to understand we are in a difficult position right now. We are seeing case numbers again as high as we have ever seen,” State…
Alabama News Network got reaction from parents in Montgomery over video of heated arguments at a school board meeting in Tennessee over a school mask mandate.
As of last Friday, the positivity rate in Alabama was 24%. Some counties have as high as 40% positivity rate.
